The Irish standard., 1887-07-02
ORANGE BLACKcUARDISM.
An English Newspaper Makes a Few
Cutting Remarks Concerning
Canadian 0rangemen.
SNUBBING THEPRINCE WALES

It is Only in 0owardly Attacks
That the Orange Oour-
age Emerges.
For the second time in its obscure his
tory, the "dirty, stagnant little town.
of Kingston, on the shores of Lake On
tario, has become notorious, and di-
vides the doubtful honors of Orange
blackguardism with Hamilton, another
town in the Province of Ontario. King
ston is one of the strongholds Of
Orangeism in Canada. The first articles
of the Orange faith are loyalty to the
Crown of England, and to the prin-
ciples of civil and religious liberty. In
asserting the principles the Orangemen
of Kingston, like their brethren else
where. have a code Of their own, and
their own method of illustrating it. The
conspiracy to murder VIM. O'Brien,
M. F., the editor of United Ireland, the
other day, and the cowardly and brutal
manner in which the attempt was made,
is one of those methods Of vindicating
the rights of man, according to Orange
ideas, which Orangemen, the world
over, are always ready to put into prac-
tice, in defiance alike Of the decalogue
and the laws of the land in which they
live. The Orange notion of loyalty is
quite as peculiar as their idea Of liberty.
In 1861 the Prince of Wales, in the
course of his visit to America. had
some taste of it's quality in the very
place in which Mr.. O'Brien was so
nearly murdered a few days ago; but
the Prince, with the caution" Of his
race, acting on kindly hint, escaped
from the clutches of ''hisloyal subjects''
without being subject to the personal
maltreatment that has been visited on
Mr.. O'Brien in the course of his at
tempt to discharge a patriotic duty. On
that occasion the loyalists of Kingston,
under the leadership of butcher called
Flannigan, insisted on receiving the
Prince in Orange fashion, and conduct
ing him to the Town Hall in procession,
to the strains of the "Boyne Water"
and "Croppies Lie Down." This atten-
ton the Prince declined, whereupon the
Orangemen prepared for battle. A
message was sent to him, which stated
that unless he accepted the Orange
mems terms he would not be permitted
to land atall. The Prince temporized.
He would take twenty.four hours to
consider the proposal. All night the
vessel rocked beside the pier, and on the
beach the Orange loyalists kept sentry,
lest their royal visitors should attempt
to sneak ashore in the darkness. The
morning dawned, and found the guards
at their posts, more resolute than ever.
Either" declared the butcher, ''you
will give way or the Orangemen, and
it will not be the Orangemen." 1.-The
Orangemen of Ireland" said another,
scau chuck him off his throne. If he
doesn't like our way he may do the 9TH
er, and, any way. we will give him a
lesson that he won't forget which as
suredly they did. The Prince was OBJ
stinate, and so were his tormentors,
and the steamer stood out to sea. But
the loyalists were not to be banked,
and scouts were sent along the coasts
to intercept his landing at any point.
At Belleville the Prince actually did at
tempt to land, but the Orangemen were
active, and foiled him. Again he put
out to sea, and succeeded by strata
gem in setting foot on Canadian soil at
Cobourg, his pursuers failing to reach
that port in time to drive him back.
We have no concern with royal pro-
gresses, but it is not possible to with
hold sympathy for any man put in such
a dismal plight as was the young Prince
of the blood. on the occasion Of his first
visit to one of our dependencies. And
the arrogant spirit which put SO gross
an affront on him is the same spirit
which has now broken out in the brutal
outrage on a better and more courage
GUS man.
The truth is that the Orange party.
though never weary of boasting of their
loyalty to the throne and to liberty, are
loyal only when by means of that pro-
fession they hope to maintain the hate
fn1 anirit 0f Protestant ascendancv in
Church and State; and the dastardly
attack on Mr.. O'Brien is only after the
old intolerant fashion. The Kentlsh
conspiracy IN 1928 and the following
years showed that they were ready
when it suited their purposes to betray
the country, as they are now ready to
suppress liberty anywhere. Then they
plotted to set aside the accession Of the
Princess Victoria, because she was sus-
pected Of liberal opinions, and to place
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